There's kind of a weird stigma about people meeting from online. I think it's less of an issue due to the popularity of internet dating and so on, but it's still there. It's seen as weird or dangerous. I have two people I know purely over the internet and they're my most trusted friends. One I met last year and it was seen as a big deal for my "irl" friends who thought I was about to get murdered or something. It's silly.